World: Hugo Chavez on revolutionary: “We thought he was a cannibal”
- We thought he was a cannibal … I don’t know, maybe he was a great nationalist, a patriot.
- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez • Describing “Carlos the Jackal,” a Venezuelan “revolutionary fighter” jailed for a series of bombings, hostage situations and assassinations. He’s been jailed in France since 1997. But that’s besides the point – this line by Chavez is hilarious on its face. source